Semeria Greene looks back to the crowd while making an appearance in the 36th District Courtroom in Detroit on December 30, 2012.

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The system failed an 8-year-old girl fatally stabbed by her mother, a judge said during Semeria Greene's sentencing today in Wayne County Circuit Court.

Greene, a mother of five, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse in a plea deal last month and received a sentence of 23 to 50 years in prison, the amount of time agreed upon by attorneys with the defense and prosecution.